About the Wisconsin Magazine of History Archives

The Wisconsin Magazine of History is a quarterly journal published by the Wisconsin Historical Society since September 1917. The Wisconsin Magazine of History Archives is fully digitized and contains more than 2,000 feature articles totaling more than 30,000 pages. These range from popular essays to scholarly investigations, from brief eulogies to multi-chapter autobiographies, and from personal reflections to primary documents. Many issues of the Magazine also feature photographs, maps, and other images.

How the Wisconsin Magazine of History Archives Is Organized

Online

All past issues are searchable by entering a topic, county, community, or personal name. You can also browse by volume and scan article titles.

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Purchasing Copies

Photocopies of documents are available for a fee. High quality reproductions suitable for framing may be available for purchase from the Wisconsin Historical Society. For more information about purchasing a reproduction or licensing for commercial use, email the Library Archives staff.

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Rights and Permissions

Any online issue may be printed or downloaded at no cost for nonprofit educational use by teachers and students, or for private use by individual researchers. Nothing may be reproduced in any format for commercial purposes without prior permission from the Wisconsin Historical Society.